Scalpel...thing

Tiiiiiiiim

Tiiiiiiiim

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I had a go at making a scalpel while my first knife is away getting heat treated (well...it's in a parcel ready to be sent...). I just made whatever shape i could out of the off cut of my first blade, and this scalpel type shape was what i came up with.

I really enjoyed just going with the obscure off cut shape. I love the roughing out of a blade, i go at it like a man possessed. I'm a new knife nut and loving every minute :D

Steel - D2
Pins - stainless
Scales - Corian

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Nah, it was just a bit of fun. Would you need to HT something like that, that isn't going to be chopping? I've had a bit of a stab and whittle at some wood and it hasn't damaged the edge.
 
Actually, choppers are softer than scalpels. A scalpel should be extra-hard, for maximum edge duration.
 
Tiiiiiiiim said:
Nah, it was just a bit of fun. Would you need to HT something like that, that isn't going to be chopping? I've had a bit of a stab and whittle at some wood and it hasn't damaged the edge.
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Every knife needs to be heat treated. :)

-d
 
I'd say keen-edged instruments benefit from heat treating much more than a chopper. For the record, I agree with deker.

Cool looking little tool, though. I can understand just throwing something together with scrap for the fun of it.

--nathan
 
Good looking blade for the first go at it.
When making the next one, do a HT and then compare the two knives.
 
Many years ago, I was working in pathology at the local hospital. One of my jobs was to sharpen the microtome blades and the autopsy scalpels. Believe me, they were all heat treated.
 
if it's not heat treated it's not really a knife, just a KSO (knife shaped object) interesting looking KSO but KSO still

-Page
 
I like small, handy knives.
I like how presice you can work with small blades.
I find it a good way to use your cut off bits when you cut out larger blades.
Just send them along with your larger blades to get hardened. Shipment won't cost any more and I've never payed much for the hardening of mini blades.
 
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